Re: [Usability]GNOME-SEARCH-TOOL: Comment Request

[Dennis Cranston <dennis_cranston yahoo com>]

--- Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:24:01AM -0700, Dennis Cranston wrote:
> > > --- Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu> wrote:
> > > The first field indicates that more than one file name can be listed.
> > > How is that field interpreted? Are comma separated values allowed or
> > > expected?
> > > How are quotes, ampersand, and whitespace treated? Web search engines
> allow
> > > contraints like '+', '-', and 'site:'; how are thing like that treated?
> > > 
> > 
> > I do not follow your line of reasoning.  Where does it indicate that more
> > than one file name can be listed?  The text fields do not support comma
> > separated values.
> 
> In this shot:
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=10449
> 
>   "Find files named:"
> 
> The plural there seems to indicate that one might list more than one name.
> 
> Since the text fields do not support comma separated values, what happens
> when they are entered?
> 

The comma is treated part of the search criteria.  So, if the user types
"123,123" then only files named "123,123" will be listed in the search results.
 Maybe, I should remove the plural and word the label as "Find file named:"?

Thanks,
Dennis

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